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The Writing Center

Whitesell Prize

Phyllis C. Whitesell Prizes for Expository Writing in General Education

**Whitesell deadline for FYS submissions extended until December 16th***

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The winners of the 2011-2012 Phyllis C. Whitesell Prize competition have been announced! Please join us in congratulating First-Prize Winners Nicole Venezia, Patrick Hughes, and Natasha Sweitzer, and Honorable Mentions Markera Jones, Kim Trageser, Oluwakemi Adesina, and Sarah Rothman. Click to read more about this year's Winners, First Year Writing and Foundations contests.  

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Each spring, the Writing Center awards three Phyllis C. Whitesell Prizes to recognize excellent student writing in the General Education curriculum. For writing in a course that fulfills the First-Year Writing Requirement, two prizes are awarded:  one for an essay without research, and another for a research paper.  The third prize will to go an essay written in a Foundations course.  

  • First-Year Writing submissions must have been written during the Spring 2012 or Fall 2012 semesters.  
  • Foundations submissions must have been written between March 19, 2012 and March 8, 2013.

Writers who wish to enter the competition must revise their work for submission and, as part of that process, must work with a student Writing Assistant at the Writing Center on at least one occasion (which may be before or after the piece has been submitted for a grade).

Deadlines:

***Whitesell Prize deadline for FYS submissions extended until Dec 16th***


 First-Year Writing submissions are due by 4:00 p.m. on December 16, 2012.

In the Spring semester, the Center will notify finalists for the prize. Those writers will be given opportunity to further refine their essays. The deadline for final submissions will be March 8, 2013.

Foundations essay submissions are due by 4:00 p.m. on March 8, 2013


Whitesell Prize winners each receive

  • a $200 cash award
  • and featured placement in the Writing Center's annual publication Best of the Whitesell Prize booklet

Honorable Mention essay writers each receive 

  • a $75 cash award
  • and publication in the Best of the Whitesell Prize booklet

Here are examples of past years' winning Whitesell Prize essays:


For more information, contact the Writing Center at writingcenter@fandm.edu, or call 717-291-3866.


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Questions?

Email: writingcenter@fandm.edu

Phone:  717-291-3866

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3003, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA  17604-3003